Jiang Tu whispered, "I was a witness to the battle that took place at the Yi family's residence. Both Baze and Nanako summoned the Star Pet, the Black Mist Puppet, to join the fight. Due to the terrain, my Time溯 (time backtracking) ability couldn't locate the Black Mist Puppets that had submerged into the ground."

"But I'm certain that Baze didn't have time to recall his Star Pet from the battlefield. I've been tracking him all the way here. His escape speed is extremely fast, definitely not something the Black Mist Puppet could keep up with, unless the Black Mist Puppet knew the way, crossed the ocean, and found its way back."

Jiang Tu thought and thought, then said, "Ever since I tracked him here and watched Baze enter the underground cave, I haven't dared to go in again. After all, I'm afraid he's been resting and recuperating underground."

"After that, I've been using Time溯 (time backtracking) to the present, and he hasn't come out. You say there's no one underground? Could he have teleported away?"

Er Wei: "We'll know once we go in and take a look, but first, we need to deal with that Black Mist Puppet."

Jiang Tu frowned and said, "If this Black Mist Puppet really 'knows the way' and crossed the ocean to return to this former home, if it really is Baze's Star Pet, once it dies, Baze's Star Slot will be empty, and Baze will realize something's wrong."

Hearing this, Er Wei raised an eyebrow slightly, thought for a moment, and then nodded, "Capture the Black Mist Puppet alive and throw it into my Calamity Shadow Space first."

Jiang Tu approved of Er Wei's plan, saying, "You arrange it."

Er Wei decisively said, "You arrange it. Three of you, three of your teammates. You're better suited to arrange tasks."

Behind him, Jiang Xiao gestured to the crowd, gathered them forward, and began to arrange, "There are many plans, let's choose a simple and effective one. I'll start with Silence..."

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao's gaze swept over the crowd, "I've felt the little hand of that Black Mist Puppet. Once it's Silenced, it should transform into a physical form."

Jiang Xiao glanced at the surrounding environment and continued, "Ba Wei, don't use Barren Wind, it's too loud. Just use Blazing Fire Whip to wrap it up and pull it over."

"My Silence will create a path, ensuring that the Black Mist Puppet doesn't make any noise along the way as it falls into the Calamity Shadow Gate."

Saying that, Jiang Xiao turned to look at Er Wei, "Watch the timing. When the Black Mist Puppet is pulled over, you directly open the Calamity Shadow Ruins in front of Ba Wei."

The crowd nodded one after another. Under Er Wei's guidance, Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue quickly locked onto the location of the Black Mist Puppet, which was in a patch of grass.

Through Jiang Ma's perception, Jiang Xiao also knew the environment there. This guard seemed to be very dutiful. At this time, the small body surrounded by mist was half-hidden in the ground and half-exposed outside.

Hmm... saying half, it was actually just its big head exposed outside.

Jiang Xiao was even a little scared. If Jiang Tu hadn't kept a certain distance from that location, this little guy would definitely have discovered everything.

But even if it was discovered, it didn't matter. Jiang Xiao didn't think that the Black Mist Puppet had that kind of "spiritual connection" Star Technique. Among so many species in the world, only the Buzzing Whale had such a high-end Star Technique.

What's more, the Black Mist Puppet had already displayed a rather powerful control-type Star Technique. Its Star Technique focus was definitely not in the mental aspect.

To take a step back, even if Jiang Tu was controlled by the Black Mist Puppet, Jiang Xiao could rush to the scene in an instant and support Jiang Tu.

The image of this Black Mist Puppet was very strange, and also very cute. This was a very peculiar combination. It was like a terrifying little ghost, and like a cute big-headed doll...

Er Wei turned her head and glanced at Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue. The crowd nodded slightly, and Jiang Xiao suddenly raised his hand!

*Peng!*

A shot of Silence entered the soul!

This was a platinum Silence that had been specially adjusted and did not increase the effect of "space imprisonment."

In the silent grass, Han Jiangxue immediately saw the cluster of grass swaying from side to side. Immediately afterwards, a big-headed doll crawled out of the ground, knocking down a patch of weeds in the process of rolling.

Han Jiangxue suddenly flung her hand out, and the blazing Blazing Fire Whip swept rapidly towards the big head that emerged from the grass.

Jiang Xiao directly used Star River · Silence! It was to imprison the body of the Black Mist Puppet!

The long Blazing Fire Whip accurately wrapped around the Black Mist Puppet, or rather, the neck. Han Jiangxue tilted her body to the side and yanked hard with her right hand.

Jiang Xiao waved his left and right hands repeatedly, evenly "smearing" Silence on the path where the Black Mist Puppet was being dragged over.

Finally, with the dragging of the Blazing Fire Whip, everyone saw the true appearance of the Black Mist Puppet.

In the Silence, the Black Mist Puppet was indeed forced into its true form.

It already had a small body. At this time, without the surrounding black mist, the body was even smaller.

The layers of condensed black mist were black to the extreme, so coolly black... and its pair of blood-red eyes seemed to be stained with a dark mist.

Han Jiangxue yanked the Blazing Fire Whip in her hand again, adding a bit of strength, and then directly cancelled the Blazing Fire Whip. Er Wei waved her hand in front of Han Jiangxue, and a Calamity Shadow Ruins gate opened.

*Whoosh~*

The Black Mist Puppet plunged into the space gate, and Er Wei immediately closed the gate.

Black Mist Puppet, acquired!

Jiang Xiao was ready to use Black and White Candle Fire to "forcibly seize" Baze's Black Mist Puppet!

Who wouldn't want such a Star Pet?

This was a silent capture mission. The cooperation of the three-person team was excellent, making Xia Yan and Gu Shian yearn for it. This was the strength of an elite squad, this was the execution ability of the Tail Feather Team!

Jiang Xiao didn't let everyone savor the execution process of the mission too much, but quickly gave Er Wei a few hand gestures.

Er Wei immediately transformed her Star Power into a weapon, turning back into a huge, fierce lynx. Her perception was enhanced to the extreme. Her heavy and huge paws made only slight sounds whenever they landed on the ground, walking forward step by step.

"Sniff~"

The fierce lynx's nose twitched slightly, constantly sniffing the smell on the ground, and slowly came to the side of the big tree, stepping on the soft soil. After a while, it turned its head, looked at the crowd, and said, "Confirmed, no, one."

Jiang Xiao nodded thoughtfully, "Liu Wei, Er Wei, you stay outside and form a triangle with Jiang Ma. Find a place fifty meters away from here to lie in ambush and pay close attention to the surrounding situation."

"I, Qi Wei, Ba Wei will go down to take a look. Use Jiang Tu's溯 (backtracking) to see what happened here. I'll notify you of the specific situation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Shian and Jiang Ma quickly dispersed. The lynx stared at Jiang Xiao with its terrifying vertical pupils for a few seconds, and also left in different directions.

Jiang Xiao squatted down, rubbed the mud on the ground, and pushed open an underground stone door. Xia Yan took the lead without hesitation and jumped in.

And beside her, Jiang Tu hurriedly followed.

In the dim underground cave, it was quiet. With the sunlight shining down from the stone door, everyone could see the surrounding environment clearly.

What surprised them was that this... was actually a homey style. Although the ground and walls were made of soil and rock, the furniture inside was very modern.

Beds, desks, wardrobes were all available.

This was an underground house of about forty to fifty square meters, with an extremely simple structure that could be seen at a glance.

As the crowd entered, Han Jiangxue casually summoned two Flame Puppets to light up the surroundings.

Xia Yan had already drawn out the Deathwish Greatsword. Even if there was no danger around for the time being, she was still vigilantly looking around.

Jiang Xiao looked around, stepped forward, and walked to the desk. What surprised him even more was that the small bookshelf on the desk was filled with several Star Studies textbooks, and... a pile of world classics?

World classics? *The Red and the Black*, *Faust*, *Wuthering Heights*...

WTF?

Such a vicious person actually likes to read books?

And Jiang Tu, who had been silent, had nine-star arrays appearing in his eyes, rapidly adjusting the time.

In Jiang Tu's world, time and space flowed rapidly... He suddenly stretched out his hand and tapped in the air.

Xia Yan was startled and subconsciously looked at Jiang Tu, but found that he had long lost his so-called "pupils" and "whites of the eyes." He supported a pair of nine-star eyes, and was turning his head to look in the direction of the desk, which was also Jiang Xiao's location.

At this time, Jiang Xiao, who was searching for books, also stiffened slightly. Through Jiang Tu's vision, Jiang Xiao suddenly turned his head. Beside him was the slightly blurred figure of Baze!

After entering the underground room, he quickly closed the stone door and stumbled in.

Baze passed through Jiang Xiao's body, stood in front of the desk, casually picked a book, held it in his hand, and then stretched out his right hand to open a space gate.

Seeing that Baze was about to step in, his footsteps stopped, and then he summoned a Star Pet.

Jiang Xiao: !!!

A newly summoned Star Pet?

How many Black Mist Puppet Star Pets does Baze have?

Under Baze's command, the Black Mist Puppet floated up, its body floating up through layers of rocks and soil.

Thinking about it this way, the layer of soil spread on the stone door should also be the masterpiece of this little guy.

After that, Baze stepped into the space gate.

Jiang Tu reacted quickly and quickly followed, but his body passed through the illusory space gate and directly passed through.

At this time, Jiang Tu was obviously unable to enter the space gate opened in the past.

Then, the space gate closed.

Jiang Tu frowned and immediately adjusted the溯 (backtracking) speed until now...

Jiang Tu opened his mouth wide, and his body quietly disappeared.

*Whoosh...*

The Soul Devourer on Jiang Tu's body floated in mid-air, looking around, looking like a confused baby.

Where's the person?

Then, the Soul Devourer realized that another Jiang Xiao had appeared beside Jiang Xiao, and the Soul Devourer immediately floated over.

Jiang Xiao reset Jiang Tu in order to restore his energy.

Jiang Xiao immediately said, "Baze entered his own space gate! He hasn't come out since."

Han Jiangxue: !!!

Xia Yan's heart tightened and said, "You mean, he could come out at any time!"

Jiang Xiao nodded heavily, pointing to the direction next to the desk, "He opened the space gate here!"

Han Jiangxue said, "We'll guard it?"

"Of course!" Jiang Xiao nodded. As he spoke, Er Wei's figure flickered in. Jiang Ma outside had already told Er Wei the situation.

Er Wei looked around the room and said, "Jiang Xiao, you continue to use the bait to溯 (backtrack) time and see what happened here in the past, and see if there are any valuable clues. We'll ambush here. No matter how long we wait, we must wait!"

Jiang Xiao nodded and said, "Jiang Tu and I will溯 (backtrack) time here, Er Wei will guard me. Qi Wei, you go find Liu Wei and form a two-person team with him to observe outside. Report any situation immediately. Ba Wei, you go with her and observe the situation as well."

As he spoke, bursts of water droplets appeared in the air, piecing together a foreign girl · Jiang Ma. Obviously, this was Jiang Ma's Water Teleportation.

The crowd took their orders and went out to hide.

Jiang Xiao and Er Wei looked at each other, and Jiang Tu continued to transform his Star Power into a weapon and溯 (backtrack) to the past.

Jiang Xiao sat down on the chair with a thud, and casually picked up a book from the bookshelf.

Er Wei looked around, casually pulled over a chair, sat down, and sprawled out.

She leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees, her hands against her chin, and her pair of narrow eyes stared intently at the position next to the desk.

A few minutes later, Jiang Xiao suddenly said, "Reign in your momentum, slow down your emotions. I can endure your anger, but you will interfere with my溯 (backtracking) of time."

Er Wei looked up at Jiang Xiao and gently "hmm"ed.

Two minutes later, Jiang Xiao suddenly threw away the book in his hand and immediately stood up from the chair, even shaking his hand disgustedly.

Er Wei frowned and looked up at Jiang Xiao: "What."

"Baze and Nanako lived here together." Jiang Xiao took two steps back, away from the desk, and said, "Don't ask."

Er Wei's eyes narrowed, and she immediately realized something and quickly sat up from the chair.